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Wrong Again

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Jonathan

It has been a long time since I’ve enjoyed being proven wrong as much as I did in the comments section of this blog post about genetics (& Kobe Bryant) by Razib Khan. And since a belief I held so … Continue reading →

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A Confusing Attempt to Take Money from Subway Riders and Taxpayers

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Jonathan

MetroChange is a proposal for a kiosk that will allow MTA riders to donate the pesky leftover funds on their Metrocards to charity. NYU students Stephan Boltalin, Genevieve Hoffman, and Paul May have imagined a friendly, easy-to-use machine that invites New … Continue reading →

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Faulty News Article

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Jonathan

Here is an AP article published on NYTimes.com which makes no sense. How could the ruling out of one possible error in a science experiment which seemed to indicate that Einstein was wrong “shr[i]nk” the odds that Einstein was wrong?: … Continue reading →

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What an odd justice system

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Jonathan

When the cops raided Zuccotti Park, lawyers for Occupy Wall Street immediately woke up a judge with a civil liberties background and asked for help. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Lucy Billings signed an early-morning order temporarily barring cops from keeping … Continue reading →

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Insider Trading

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Jonathan

Megan McArdle suggests that insider trading may be a “victimless” crime: Of course, if our insider buys shares, someone else doesn’t get them … but there’s no way of knowing whether that person would have held on to the stock … Continue reading →

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Cool Puzzle

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Jonathan

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More Handouts for the 1% (i.e. Salman Rushdie and Michael Moore)

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Jonathan

Salman Rushdie, joined by Michael Moore and 45,000 others, have signed an online petition to ask Jamshed Bharacha, the president of the Cooper Union (a private school in New York City), to reverse his decision to raise the monthly rent … Continue reading →

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Silliness on Steve Jobs’ Legacy as a “Job Creator”

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Jonathan

Tim Noah has a blog post attacking Eric Cantor, who can stick up for himself, but Noah also unfortunately slandered Steve Jobs, who cannot. I was writing an email to Noah to address this problem, but I figured that a … Continue reading →

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Puzzle about Journalism

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Jonathan

From the New York Times article 5 days ago “Romney Beating Obama in a Fight for Wall St. Cash“: Mitt Romney has raised far more money than Mr. Obama this year from the firms that have been among Wall Street’s … Continue reading →

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Last Night’s Debate

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Jonathan

The main thing is that Rick Santorum showed himself to be a complete jerk: 1) He, like Perry, persistently interrupted Romney when it was Romney’s turn to talk. In both cases I appreciated Romney’s approach of being a stickler for … Continue reading →

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